/*
 * Copyright 2014-2020 Netflix, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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package com.netflix.atlas.json

import java.io.StringWriter

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator

trait JsonSupport {

  def encode(gen: JsonGenerator): Unit = {
    Json.encode(gen, this)
  }

  def toJson: String = {
    val w = new StringWriter
    val gen = Json.newJsonGenerator(w)
    encode(gen)
    gen.close()
    w.toString
  }
}
